Creative Competencies: Systems Awareness

This summary dimension measures the degree to which the leader’s awareness is focused on whole system improvement, productivity, and community welfare. It is composed of:

Community Concern measures the service orientation from which the leader leads. It measures the extent to which s/he links his/her legacy to service of community and global welfare.

Sustainable Productivity measures the leader’s ability to achieve results in a way that maintains or enhances the overall long-term effectiveness of the organization. It measures how well s/he balances human and technical resources to sustain long-term high performance.

Systems Thinker measures the degree to which the leader thinks and acts from a whole system perspective as well as the extent to which s/he makes decisions in light of the long-term health of the whole system.